Comparing intentional switching of auditory selective attention in children and adults in an experiment suited for children
- A remarkable part of children’ s development and education happens in educational institutions. Acoustic environments in these institutions are usually highly complex and noisy, hence it is demanding to identify relevant target speakers and to ignore irrelevant sounds. Previous research has analyzed auditory selective attention in adults, both in dichotic and binaural listening environments. Until now, there is little knowledge of auditory selective attention in children. In the present work, the original paradigm was adapted by using a task suited for children which included child-oriented elements. Further, the subject’s anthropometric sizes were considered for an aurally-accurate reproduction of the acoustic scene. Twenty-four adults and twenty-four children participated in an experiment on auditory selective attention. Noise and noise-free conditions and various target-distractor distributions in the room were analyzed among others. The result of this experiment revealed significant differences between adults and children, especially in the way auditory attention was influenced by noise.
Author: | Karin LohORCiD, Edina FintorORCiDGND, Sophie NoldenORCiD, Janina FelsORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-842537 |
URL: | https://pub.dega-akustik.de/ICA2019/data/articles/000575.pdf |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239264 |
ISBN: | 978-3-939296-15-7 |
ISSN: | 3677-3678 |
Parent Title (German): | Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019 : 9-13 September 2019 in Aachen, Germany |
Publisher: | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik |
Place of publication: | Berlin |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2019 |
Year of first Publication: | 2019 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Creating Corporation: | EAA Euroregio (4. : 2019 : Aachen) |
Contributing Corporation: | International Congress on Acoustics (23. : 2019 : Aachen) |
Release Date: | 2024/06/03 |
Tag: | auditory selective attention; binaural reproduction; complex acoustic scenes |
Page Number: | 2 |
First Page: | 3677 |
Last Page: | 3678 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 520244249 |
Institutes: | Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften / Psychologie |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | ![]() |